• Graptolites

    graptolites

    graptolites

    Graptolites were planktonic and floated in the upper part of the ocean waters. There external skeleton was made of organic material (chitine). Graptolites formed colonies by asexual reproduction.
    Graptolites are seen predominantly from the Upper Cambrian through the Lower Carboniferous. This Graptolite is from the Silurian.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graptolithinia